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Season 12 Line Up

The season opens September 23, 2026 with the Michigan premiere of EUREKA DAY and concludes with THURGOOD, closing May 23, 2027

Broadway Director, Steve Broadnax returns to DPT

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Birthday Candles

Birthday Candles will take audiences on a magical journey with Ernestine Ashworth, from birthday to birthday, as she bakes a life. This world premiere by internationally acclaimed playwright Noah Haidle was commissioned by Detroit Public Theatre.

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Marie and Rosetta

Marie and Rosetta features electrifying music and brings us to Tharpe’s first rehearsal with young protégée Marie Knight before they set out to become one of the great duos in music history. 

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Pike St.

On New York’s Lower East Side, a mother works hard to keep the electricity flowing for her daughter’s respirator while a hurricane looms nearby. As she prepares for disaster, a vibrant host of characters brings new meaning to the phrase “it takes a village.”

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No Child…

Sun transforms herself with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents and janitors who inhabit one New York City public school. See how one determined woman can change the lives of countless others in this tour de force piece crackling with wit and wisdom.

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THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE

Written by Academy Award-nominated writer Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a groundbreaking, TONY Award-winning, wildly funny, and deeply shocking modern classic. Set in the mountains of Connemara, Ireland, it tells the story of Maureen Folen, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties; Mag, the aging, manipulative mother with whom she lives; and their toxic, caretaking relationship. When Mag interferes in Maureen’s first (and potentially last) romantic relationship, events are set in motion that are as tragically funny as they are horrific. Winner of the Drama Desk, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for best play, “McDonagh re-creates the traditional Irish family drama only to set it ablaze with a postmodern blowtorch.” –LA Times

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Courtney Burkett

Courtney is a member of the artistic leadership team at Detroit Public Theatre, where she regularly directs productions. In her

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Lisa Corey

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Lisa Corey has for the past 27 years been the CEO/CFO of a

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Debbie Erb

Debbie sits on the board of the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and is a Trustee at

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Nina Essman

Nina is a General Manager and Producer on Broadway and Off Broadway, and a partner at 321 Theatrical Management. Nina

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Susan Gordon

Susan Gordon is the founder and managing partner of Strategic Growth Group, a strategy firm that supports mission driven organizations

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Noah Haidle

Noah Haidle is a playwright and screenwriter who has been produced in New York at Lincoln Center, Roundabout, MCC, and

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Sarah Prues

Sarah is the founder and principal of Prues Hecker, LLC, a Grosse Pointe-based fundraising, event management and consulting firm. She

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David Jaffe

David Jaffe is a theatre lover and a lawyer and businessperson at Jaffe Counsel in Birmingham, where he provides strategic

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